Minor ankle injuries, such as ankle sprains or minor fractures to the fibula, are common in childhood. These injuries tend to heal quickly. Learn more about minor ankle injuries and their treatment.
Discusses pain management for common childhood pain and injuries such as ear infections, colic, and injections.
Halloween is a time for dressing up, eating candy, carving pumpkins and decorating homes. Learn how to make it safe as well as fun.
Learn safety tips for keeping your family safe in crowded places, including how to plan ahead, what to do if your family gets separated and preventing common injuries.
Learn about the safety measures you and your family should consider before driving an off-road vehicle (ORV), including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs).
Learn how to properly care for your child's eye injury, discover potential causes and know when to seek medical attention.
Soft tissue injuries such as sprains and strains are common. Learn how to recognize and treat a soft tissue injury.
Understand and prevent the most common causes of choking.
Find out how active transportation and child-friendly communities can help children be more independent and physically active.
Accidentally swallowing button batteries can cause life-threatening injury. Learn what to do if your child swallows a button battery.
Following liver or spleen injury, your child must be very careful to not re-injure themselves. Read about activities to avoid after liver or spleen injury and when to re-visit your child’s health-care provider.
Find out about what causes constipation and soiling and how you can help your child with diet, toilet routines and medications.
Find out how you can manage your own health while caring for your family after your child experiences a traumatic injury.
Learn about common places gluten likes to hide and what you can do to stick to your gluten-free diet to manage celiac disease.
Learn about open-heart, closed-heart, and minimally invasive heart surgery.
Down syndrome is a genetic condition present at birth. Learn about the symptoms, complications and outlook for children with Down syndrome.
Learn how to avoid cold weather injuries to your child such as frostbite, dehydration, and hypothermia.
Learn the facts about radon, what it is, health risks, and practical tips on reducing radon exposure in the home.
An overview of how to help your child when they are choking. Along with hands-on CPR training, this information can help save your child’s life.
Read about the long-term consequences of pain on a child, the importance of a child's pain management. A discussion of pain myths is included.
A guide for parents on preventing head injuries at home and outdoors.
Learn what creativity is, why it is important, and how you can help nurture creativity in your child at home.
Read about physical health difficulties that may arise in a child with epilepsy, and how to help. Physical health concerns can be discussed with a treatment team.
Find out how you can prevent poisonings at home, including how to store and give medicine safely, and learn about the everyday items around the house that may be harmful to children.
